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horror autotoxicus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hor-ror au-to-tox-i-cus
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The now-discredited principle that the body will not harm itself by its own immune reactions.

Uncountable

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Etymology

Latinate neologism coined c. 1900 by Paul Ehrlich in German, from Latin horror, auto- (“self”), toxicus (“toxic”). Compare horror vacui.

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What does horror autotoxicus mean?
The now-discredited principle that the body will not harm itself by its own immune reactions.
Where does horror autotoxicus come from?
It is traced to German.

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